Chapter 217 Irony
Chapter 217 Irony
Xie Lan was chatting with the Shouguang County Lady and the others, but Tiechui had not come back for a long time.
Just when she was worried that something might have gone wrong, the hammer appeared. Judging from his expression, he seemed quite happy.
This is really rare, you know, Tiechui is a reserved girl. Especially when there are outsiders around, she usually has a blank expression on her face, and rarely shows her emotions.
Xie Lan was really curious, so he used the excuse of changing clothes and waited until everyone was out of sight before he couldn't wait to ask, "What happened? Why do I feel like you're in a good mood?"
"You can't hide anything from the girl," Tiechui praised with a smile, and then whispered, "After King Xiaoyao regained consciousness, he found that it was the Third Madam who was sleeping. He was disgusted by her and vomited. In a rage, he asked the guards to take her to the North City and gave her to a ruffian."
Xie Lan's eyes widened in surprise, "Is King Xiaoyao so heartless? It is said that a husband and wife will be grateful to each other for a hundred days after a day. Third Aunt at least let him sleep with her. Even if it was disgusting, she could have just been driven away. But he actually gave her to the thug."
"Young lady, please don't sympathize with the Third Madam. In order to ask King Xiaoyao to let her go, she even swore to send you to the palace for him to play with."
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. Zhu's fate is entirely her own fault. If I hadn't been alert and discovered that she had drugged me, I would have been the one who was ruined."
"Tsk, it seems that King Xiaoyao is not stupid. He knows the taboos of his identity. If the emperor knew that he slept with the wife of an official, he would definitely take the opportunity to punish him."
If he gave the Third Wife to the ruffian, for the sake of her own reputation, the Third Wife would never dare to make a fuss about it, so he would be safe.
"King Xiaoyao wanted to give the third wife to the thugs, didn't she beg for mercy?"
“I begged, but King Xiaoyao ignored her. When I came back, the Third Madam was being forced to do that by that ruffian.
At first she pretended to be a chaste woman and fought back desperately. But after being teased by the thug for a few times, she got tangled up with him and screamed loudly.
"It shouldn't be a pretense. After all, although King Xiaoyao doesn't have any real power, his status is still noble. The status of that ruffian is lowly, so the Third Madam naturally doesn't want to be abused by him.
However, the effect of the medicine in her body had not yet worn off, and she couldn't bear it anymore and was entangled with him after just a few attempts of resistance.
It's a pity that Uncle San didn't see such a good show. If he knew that the aphrodisiac I carefully prepared was sold to the ruffians, I wonder if he would be furious. "
Tiechui's eyes lit up, "I will take the Third Master to the theater right away."
Without waiting for Xie Lan to stop him, Tiechui disappeared.
Xie Lan sighed. What a good opportunity to see the show, but it was a pity that she couldn't see it.
Seeing that she was still not coming back, the Princess of Shouguang County came over and dragged her away. "The gambling on stones has already started. Let's go and try our luck."
Xie Lan was surprised, "Gambling on stones? Why is there such an arrangement when the princess's mansion is hosting a banquet?"
Seeing that she didn't know, Shouguang County Lady explained as she walked, "The Queen Mother's birthday will be in a few days. Because she likes jade headwear, everyone in the harem, from the Queen to the concubines, has also begun to pursue jade jewelry.
So Princess Huaining arranged some gambling on stones at the banquet, planning that if good materials were cut, she would ask the jade masters in the palace to make jewelry and then present it to the Queen Mother. "
"I see."
"Can all guests who come to the banquet participate in gambling on stones, or are there any conditions?"
“Anyone can participate, but the stones are not free to gamble on, they are all from the palace.
Although it was Princess Huaining who asked the Emperor for it, if someone liked it, they would have to pay money to buy it before they could cut it.
If you are lucky enough to cut out good material, you can keep it for yourself. If someone likes it, you can also sell it to them.”
After listening to the explanation of Shouguang County Lady, Xie Lan also became interested.
Although she had dug a lot of melons since coming to Beijing, unfortunately her spiritual energy had not increased at all.
This gambling on stones arranged by the Princess's Mansion is a good opportunity.
"Let's go and try our luck." The Shouguang County Lady looked surprised, "You want to gamble on stones?
Although there is an element of luck in gambling on stones, the most important thing is experience and skills..."
The Princess of Shouguang County was halfway through her words when she was suddenly interrupted by a sarcastic female voice.
"The Shouguang County Lady is right, gambling on stones is not something that everyone can do.
If you don't have experience, then don't come out and embarrass yourself, or you'll lose everything you've put in."
The person who came was Princess Huaining's eldest daughter, and she looked at Xie Lan with a look full of criticism and disdain.
"Princess Wen'an, as the saying goes, whoever comes is a guest. Today is your princess's mansion's banquet. If you ridicule the guests like this, you will destroy the reputation of your princess's mansion."
Princess Wen'an has always had some conflicts with Princess Shouguang. Although she is spoiled, she also knows that she cannot offend everyone.
"Humph, what a mockery. This county lady just saw that Miss Xie didn't know how to gamble on stones, so she kindly reminded her to avoid losing all her money."
Xie Lan was a little confused. It was the first time she met the Princess Wen'an. Why did she seem quite hostile to her?
"Don't worry, County Lady. I can afford to lose a few hundred taels."
Xie Lan was not interested in the war of words. She was in a hurry to go gamble on stones. It was the first time that Princess Wen'an was ignored in public and she looked very embarrassed.
But seeing that there were many guests present, he couldn't lose his temper and could only suppress his anger.
Although some people noticed that they seemed to be arguing, no one paid attention to it. At this moment, everyone was busy selecting jade, especially the officials who came to attend the banquet.
They all hoped to cut out good ingredients to make a birthday gift for the empress dowager. After all, if the emperor took a fancy to them, they would have the opportunity to get promoted and make money.
Xie Lan had no experience or skills in gambling on stones, but she could see the spiritual energy in the stones.
After looking at more than 300 pieces of stone, Xie Lan was exhausted, but fortunately he had a good harvest.
Seeing that she picked out twelve pieces of stone in one breath, Shouguang County Princess and Deng Qinglan and other ladies were excited and also picked out several pieces.
Xie Lan was curious and couldn't help but help them take a look, but she didn't expect the result to be so horrible.
The Princess of Shouguang County selected eight pieces, and only one piece contained jadeite, but it was only the glutinous variety, with a rough texture and was not very big.
Deng Qinglan picked out four pieces, the largest of which was emerald green, of icy type. Unfortunately, it was very small and could only be made into a pair of earrings at most.
Liu Wenyin’s was even worse, not a single piece of green was visible on any of the five pieces.
Seeing Xie Lan's expression of being unable to bear watching, Deng Qinglan asked curiously, "Miss Xie, why do you look like that? Could it be that the material we picked is not good?"
Xie Lan had a good impression of them and couldn't bear to lie to them, so he said bluntly, "It's really bad."
Deng Qinglan instantly became frustrated, "I chose very carefully, why didn't I choose well?
This is really a blow to my confidence.”
Deng Qinglan just finished speaking when her eyes suddenly lit up, "Miss Xie, how about you help me pick one?
My oldest brother's birthday is next month, and I want to pick one for him as a present.
I don’t ask for much, just pick one.”
"Okay, I'll pick one for you. Do you want it as a jade pendant or as an ornament?"
As soon as Xie Lan finished speaking, County Master Wen'an sneered, "You think this is already cut and you can choose whatever you want. You are showing off like this, aren't you afraid of being embarrassed if you can't cut it well?"